The tech may soon become an existential risk to humanity, but it’s already a risk to many Americans in a more mundane way: their banks. Updated 2:07 p.m. ET on September 25, 2026 Today’s AI agents have become exceptional hackers, and they’re already posing a threat to some of the most important …
The state visit by Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, so far has been long on pomp but short on substance on issues like artificial intelligence. Andrew here. We’ve got a full rundown of the state dinner for Xi Jinping, China’s leader, and the C.E.O.s who made the pilgrimage to the White House. Many …
The state visit by Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, so far has been long on pomp but short on substance on issues like artificial intelligence. Andrew here. We’ve got a full rundown of the state dinner for Xi Jinping, China’s leader, and the C.E.O.s who made the pilgrimage to the White House. Many …
Not long ago, President Trump could claim that he ran the world. Now he’s waiting at the bottom of a set of airline steps for the Chinese president. The 747 slowly wheeled to a stop last night on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews, just outside Washington. Portable stairs were put in position, while a …
Farm-state Republicans and MAGA populists are backing a diesel export ban, putting them at odds with an industry that has long been a GOP ally. The marriage between Hill Republicans and the fossil fuel industry is showing signs of fracture, as a potential diesel export ban puts strain on a …
Anthropic announced today that its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) system identified a previously unknown biological system in the DNA of viruses …
The watchdog's report found wasteful spending in six ICE initiatives the agency began last year. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has burned through millions in wasteful spending as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, according to a Thursday Government Accountability …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told world leaders Wednesday that Vladimir Putin is the only obstacle to ending “the ridiculous and never-ending war,” and he urged nations large and small to pressure the Russian president for peace by choking the country’s revenues and …
The Chinese president has neutralized Trump. Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, a movie that premiered in China last month and is coming to the United States in October, is about a Chinese chef who moves to the Middle East to find work, only to become a savior for the locals amid the chaos of an …
The longtime tech journalist says she’s seen Silicon Valley make the same mistakes again and again. As the AI industry likes to tell it, superintelligent bots could one day cure cancer and end poverty. Or in the worst-case scenario, they might wipe out all humans from the face of the Earth. In …
The Iran war has boosted China’s clean energy exports and strengthened its leverage in global energy markets, giving China little incentive to yield to President Donald Trump’s demands. President Donald Trump plans to press Chinese President Xi Jinping on his energy posture with Iran when the …
Oil markets are in turmoil amid renewed tensions in the Middle East. Prices have risen past US$100 (A$140) a barrel for the first time since May. The …
Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …
The upcoming Make America Healthy Again Summit is brought to you by companies with business before the Health Department. When devotees of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement meet for a summit Sept. 29 in Washington, titans of American industry will pay the …
Anthropic announced today that its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) system identified a previously unknown biological system in the DNA of viruses …
Measles showed up at a children’s hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human …
All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem. As the build-out of AI data centers has accelerated, the public has tended to focus on every possible downside of these industrial projects. Some wariness—about the developments and the companies behind them—is sensible. As with almost any new …